Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Kanon für 3 Stimmen in F-Dur, „Difficile lectu mihi mars“ Videos
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K. 559 was evidently meant entirely for fun. The work features two bilingual puns and some scatological humor. The lyrics are—ostensibly—in Latin, though as they are given in sequence they do not make sense in this language: Difficile lectu mihi mars et jonicu difficile. The humor of the work consists of hearing these words instead as vulgar phrases of German and Italian. The German pun is based on the strong Bavarian accent of the tenor-baritone Johann Nepomuk Peyerl who can be presumed to have been the lead singer in the first performance As Jean-Victor Hocquard points out, the pseudo-Latin lyrics lectu mihi mars, as Peyerl would have sung them, resemble Bavarian German leck du mi im Arsch,which in a literal English rendering is "lick thou me in-the arse". More idiomatically, the phrase could be translated, "kiss my arse" The second pun in the canon is based on the single Latin word jonicu. Winternitz (1958) explains that when this word is sung repeatedly and rapidly, as in the canon, its syllables are liable to be heard rearranged as a taboo word of Italian, cujoni, which means "balls, testicles"; see also Cojones.
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Online purchase or streaming (Spotify, iTunes, Amazon Music, Deezer, Google Play): (http•••) More Information: (http•••) Brilliant Classics Spotify: (http•••) Brilliant Classics Facebook: (http•••) Composer: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Artists: Chamber Choir Of Europe, Nicol Matt (conductor) Mozart considered canon-writing an essential compositional skill. Though canons are often small chamber works to be performed in company, Mozart’s sketches of some of these works show that the composer carefully considered them before completion, giving them as much thought as his larger and more famous works. This collection includes Mozart’s complete canons. The works vary in instrumentation and character; among the vocal ones are puzzle canons (which show one line of music and text, along with only the entry points of the other parts), the ambitious 12-part V’amo di core and the multi-lingual Bona nox! Bist a rechta Ox. Mozart’s sense of humour is demonstrated in the two canons written to the daringly-named text of Leck mir den Arsch, as well as in the Difficile lectu mihi mars et jonicu difficile which, provided that the singer has the right accent, provides much hilarity. Aside from the vocal canons, there are several written for instruments, including the Adagio in F major, composed for two basset horns and bassoon. The vocal canons are performed here by the acclaimed Chamber Choir of Europe, directed by Nicol Matt. The collection also boasts performances by the Klarinetten-Trio der Musikschule Achern-Oberkirch and distinguished soloists of the Württembergischen Philharmonie Reutlingen. 00:00:00 Adagio in F Major, K. 410 00:01:06 Leck mir den Arsch in B-Flat Major, K. 233 00:02:53 Lieber Freistädtler in G Major, K.232 00:05:11 Canon, K. 508a No. 1 00:06:14 O du eselhafter Martin in F Major, K. 560b 00:09:01 Bona nox, bist a rechta Ox in A Major, K. 561 00:10:16 Canon, K. 508a No. 2 00:11:09 Leck mich im Arsch in B-Flat Major, K. 231 00:13:08 Canon, K. 508a No. 3 00:14:17 Kyrie in G Major, K. 89 00:19:57 Alleluja in C Major, K. 553 00:21:21 Ave Maria in F Major, K. 554 00:23:13 Dona nobis pacem, K. 109 00:24:24 Canon, K. 508a No. 4 00:25:44 Heiterkeit und leichtes Blut in F Major, K. 507 00:26:58 Hei wenn die Gläser, K. 89a 00:27:49 Canon, K. 508a No. 5 00:29:05 Essen, trinken in G Major, K. 234 00:30:32 Auf das Wohl aller Freunde in F Major, K. 508 00:31:30 Canon, K. 508a No. 6 00:32:31 Puzzle Canons, K. 89a: No. 1, Incipe 00:34:27 Puzzle Canons, K. 89a: No. 2, Cantate Domino 00:36:18 Puzzle Canons, K. 89a: No. 3, Confitebor tibi 00:38:07 Puzzle Canons, K. 89a: No. 4, Tebana bella 00:39:13 Canon, K. 508a No. 7 00:40:39 G’rechtelt’s enk in G Major, K. 556 00:41:55 Gehn wir im Prater in B-Flat Major, K. 558 00:43:55 Canon, K. 508a No. 8 00:45:18 V’amo di core in G Major, K. 348 00:47:07 Lacrimosa son io in A Minor, K. 555 00:49:01 Caro bell’idol mio in A Major, K. 562 00:50:56 Nascoso è il mio sol in F Minor, K. 557 00:53:33 Difficile lectu mihi Mars in F Major, K. 559 00:54:55 Canon, K. 508b 00:57:11 Seht, Sie ist dahin in C Minor, K. 229 00:59:29 Selig, selig alle in C Minor, K. 230 01:01:38 Heil dem Tag in D Major, K. 347 01:03:22 Canon for 2 Violins, Viola and Bass, K. 191 01:04:33 Horch, ihr süßes Lied in B-Flat Major, K. 562a 01:05:38 Lebet wohl, K. 228 01:06:42 Sinkt die Nacht, K. Anh. 109d
(this is my favorite, hands down...) original piano transcription of W. A. Mozart's Canon "Difficile lectu mihi mars" KV 559 in F major. The text is a very very clever and funny wordplay, be sure read the full story on Wikipedia if you don't know it already!: (http•••) . The next canon, in the same key (KV.560a) was meant to be played (heard) right after this one :-)
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